Memphis

Why don't we just appoint Ben Arfa as manager? He's not going to be doing much over the next few weeks...

Can't see this happening without guarantees of transfer money and more than decent wages. No way Ashley provides either. And doubt that Jol would truly follow Hughton like that, given their relationship. It's going to be Pardew and we will all hate it.

From Scott Wilson of the Echo via Twitter: Jol seems to be rapidly gathering pace. Close friend of Paul Kemsley, who in turn is a close friend of....you know who

Sacking Hughton for Pardew is an act of mental illness with zero chance of success. Sacking Hughton for Jol is a defensible gamble. We'll see.

Logically, if he's close to Hughton, I can't imagine why he'd come here based on how Hughton was treated. Illogically, PLEASE COME HERE MR JOL SINCE YOU ARE IN FACT A DECENT MANAGER AND ARE CRUCIALLY NOT ALAN PARDEW

From that Guardian Pardew article: If we keep this up, he's going to have an excellent chance of leading us to a Johnstone's Paint Trophy in a couple of seasons.

If it's not Pardew or Brown, it'll be: http://myopiclunacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/notwjewelr.jpg

If it's not Obama, I'll be disappointed. Failing that, I'd take Mandela.

Would be 1000X better than Pardew.

We all know it's going to be Pardew. Fuck.

This is really true. If you sack a class act and a good manager to bring in some fucking jerkoff like Pardew, Curbishley, or worse (JFK, Phil Brown), the whole thing is going to collapse so quickly it will be amazing. But now Fat Cunt has to put some money where his fat gob is. No manager worth anything will follow Hughton without some kind of decent contract and decent guarantee of money invested. I know we're going to fuck this up big style. Just scared to see how bad it gets.

Which manager is going to want to come in to this situation, following an extremely decent and well-liked manager at a club which doesn't want to pay its manager or players decent wages and is run by a fat tight cunt?

From Jonas Gutierrez on his Twitter: "Gracias chris hughton por creer en nosotros cuando nadie confiaba en nosotros." (Thanks for believing in us when no one else did, Chris Hughton.)

It is as if we are determined to confirm every media stereotype about our club. There's no point in trying to defend the club. We are completely batshit crazy and run by a moody child.

Hitzfeld Guardiola Obama

Extraordinarily classy guy and a credit to the profession. I enjoyed having him in charge of the club; he must have been going through hell behind the scenes dealing with the chuckleheads that run our club, and yet he stayed completely above the fray. His class probably cost him in the end. Wish him nothing but the best.

Only way to make it worse, bring back: http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45057000/jpg/_45057360_kinnear_pa416.jpg

The only way to justify this would be with some kind of blockbuster appointment. http://www.footballshirts.biz/wp-content/Images/Alan-Pardew-001.jpg

It is so, so hard to support such a self-destructive club run by complete idiots.

Ashley better have one fuck of a better name in the hat than Alan fucking Par fucking dew.

Newcastle United Football Club have today parted company with manager Chris Hughton. Goalkeeping coach Paul Barron also leaves the club today. The board would like to place on record their thanks to Chris for his considerable efforts during the club's transition from Championship to Premier League football. Chris has shown exceptional character and commitment since being appointed manager in October 2009. The club wishes him well for the future. Regrettably the board now feels that an individual with more managerial experience is needed to take the club forward. The task of appointing a new manager now begins. An announcement will be made shortly regarding transitional arrangements pending the appointment of a successor.

http://bit.ly/gHdm8I

Despite all the previous rumours, this is the first time I've actually felt like Hughton's sacking could happen. Hope it doesn't, but it feels a bit ominous.

Jonas and Enrique both have been well below their best. In Enrique's case, he's been OK, but Jonas has been really poor for me. Still better than Nolan/Smith today, but that's not hard to do.

Bolton - Elmander and Davies, really - totally intimidated Williamson and Colo. Don't forget that Williamson had a headbutt on Elmander in the 1st half unseen by Webb but which will likely be reviewed by the FA. If he's suspended too, we are well and truly fucked.